WOCA40 EJRC 262218 EARTHQUAKE ALERT MESSAGE NUMBER 001 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC ALERT FROM THE GLOBAL DISASTER ALERTS AND COORDINATION SYSTEM (WWW.GDACS.ORG). THE DISSEMINATION THROUGH GTS OF THIS PRODUCT IS INTENDED AS GUIDANCE IN SUPPORT OF UN ACTIVITIES: IT IS A PILOT PROJECT BETWEEN WMO AND JRC TO TEST COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION CHANNELS OF VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS. ****************************************************** * GREEN EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC * ****************************************************** SUMMARY ON 26 AUG 2016 22:08:35 UTC (ABOUT 26 AUG 2016 17:30:16 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SAMANA IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. ABRA GRANDE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SÁNCHEZ (5.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: ARROYO BARRIL (17.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NTWC     - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 69 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 19.262 | -69.578 - COUNTRY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - PROVINCE: SAMANA(PROVINCE) - REGION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 26 AUG 2016 22:08:35 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 26 AUG 2016 17:30:16 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: ARROYO BARRIL (17.1 KM), SABANA DE LA MAR (29.8 KM), ANGELINA COTUI (69 KM), SAN ISIDRO AB (86.1 KM), DE LAS AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL (92.6 KM), HERRERA (97 KM) - PORTS: SANCHEZ (5.3 KM), PUERTO BOTADO (15.4 KM), SANTA BARBARA DE SAMANA (26.7 KM), BOCA CHICA (90 KM), SANTO DOMINGO (92 KM), SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS (94.4 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH LOW VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: FRI, 26 AUG 2016 22:08:35 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 AUG 2016 00:08:35 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 AUG 2016 16:08:35 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 AUG 2016 13:08:35 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 AUG 2016 05:08:35 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 26 AUG 2016 22:18:20 (9 MIN AFTER THE EVENT) SEE THE GDACS WEBSITE FOR LIVE NEWS COVERAGE (INCLUDING OCHA SITUATION REPORTS), THE FULL EARTHQUAKE REPORT IS AT HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1137967 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 9440942 1202 175 9126018 1162 150 8583446 1093 125 7219747 919 100 4963021 632 75 899609 115 50 367796 47 20 67800 9 10 36539 5 5 10255 1 2 1239 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 47 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 26 AUG 2016 17:30:16 LOCAL TIME. 26 AUG 2016 17:30:16 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1916 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE LOW LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF LOW RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS N/A% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS N/A M. SINCE THIS IS A LOW SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS LOW. NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT THE SLOPE DATA IS NOT RELIABLE ON A LOCAL SCALE, WHILE LANDSLIDES DEPEND VERY MUCH ON LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL AND METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: THERE ARE NO NUCLEAR FACILITIES NEARBY THE EPICENTER. - HYDRODAMS: THERE ARE NO HYDRODAM FACILITIES NEARBY THE EPICENTER. 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